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Patented July 26,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER F. FERRELL, OF MIDDLE CREEK, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,871, dated July 26, I881.

Application filed May 4,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER F. FER- BELL, a citizen of the United States, resident at Middle Creek, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a side view of the gate;

Fig. 2, a top view.

This invention relates to improvements in gates; and it consists in the construction hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, AB represent the gate-posts. To oneface of post A, near the top, is the pintle a and lock-pin a.

G is a brace-arm,hinged by its eye 0 upon pintle at, extending obliquely upward, and having at its end 0 the notch 0 Halved into and secured to this brace, near its eye c, is another, D, which extends obliquely, and its lower end, (I, is on a line with end 0 of the upper brace, and has a notch, d Secured in these notches c d are the upper and lower ends of the batten E of a guide-post, F, G being its other batten, the two secured by blocks efg and carrying a roller, H, in forks at the bottom, said roller being arranged transverse the gateway.

Projecting'froin the inner corner of the face of post A,from the pintle a, are the open guideloops I K,,the latter having a roller, L.

M is the gate, the horizontal bars of which pass between the battens of the guide-post F, and one of these bars rests on roller L, the one next the top, and the one next the bottom in loop.I, this latter bar having a notch, z. Arranged in one of said bars is a series of holes, m, and two registering-holes, n, on a line with these, are made in the guide-post F.

N and P are two pins secured to the gate by chains.

Secured to post B is the catch-loop b.

This gate can be slid through guide-post F and held at any position by the pins and holes, andto open itit is swung around on roller H, turning on the pintle a, and its end in the loops I and K. The gate operates either to swing to admit vehicles, to slide for foot passengers or large stock, orto tilt on the loop K for small stock.

I claim- 1. In a sliding'and rolling gate, the combination, with the post A, having pintle a and pin a projecting from the outer face thereof, and the loops I and K, the latter having the roller L projecting from the inner corner thereof, of the oblique braces G and D, the former pivoted on the pintle a, the outer ends of the braces being secured to the guide post F mounted on the roller H, and the sliding gate M, passing between the battens E G of the guidepost F, and working, also, in the loops I K, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a sliding and rolling gate, the sliding gate M, one of the rails of which has a series of perforations, m, and pins N P suspended therefrom by chains, in combination with the guide-post F, having registering-perforationsn for securing the gate in an open position, as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A. F. FERRELL.

Witnesses:

A. M. HARPER, D. W. MARTIN. 

